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Maximizing the Ability of Health IT and AI to Improve Patient Safety

Author Affiliations
  • 1Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
  • 2Department of Clinical and Health Informatics, McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston
  • 3University of Utah School of Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, Salt Lake City
JAMA Intern Med. Published online October 28, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.4343

Twenty-five years after the landmark patient safety report "To Err is Human" was published, only marginal improvements have been realized.1 However, recent policy efforts have emerged to transform patient safety, including recommendations from the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, a new structural measure of patient safety from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and bipartisan support for a National Patient Safety Board.2,3 As health care enters an artificial intelligence (AI) revolution, these policy efforts should sift hype from reality to best use health information technology (IT) and AI. A major focus should be on how health IT and AI can improve patient safety gaps while mitigating unintended consequences.

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